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Crooked Spine Press

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A small horror magazine out of nowhere in particular. In paperback and on Kindle. Themed reading periods. We publish what scares us. Submissions : crookedspinepress.com Buy print and ebooks crookedspinepress.com/store

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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Got to hold in my hand my story "The Servant of Brass" from @crookedspinepress.com Reading was surreal and I immediately wanted to edit...but it's beyond that now. Be free little horror story! crookedspinepress.com/store?issue=6 #Writingcommunity #Writing #books #horror #booksky #writesky
A copy of Crooked Pine Last Exit on a post with bushes in the background. The cover features four skeletons driving a car down route 666Picture of the inside of the Zine featuring the story "The Servant of Brass" by K.A. Hela
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Tom Coombe @calmtomb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hell yes. Thank you, @crookedspinepress.com.
The cover of Crooked Spine’s Last Exit issue Page featuring my story and the opening text


THE LETHE RIVER CASINO
Том COOMBE
You will not find The Lethe River Casino in travel guides, Yelp reviews, or st gaming commission records.
It moves around a lot, a wasp circling the nation's heart. On Monday, the casino up shop inside a vacant Planet Fitness outside of Fort Wayne. Cars from Ohio, Mich and Indiana fill the parking lot, driven by people whose web histories include sea like "where can I sell plasma" and "payday loans." They've been lured by secret g on Facebook and obscure corners of Reddit…
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 08/09/2026
🩸 What do you worship, and what would you sacrifice for it? @crookedspinepress.com wants horror about devotion, obsession, rituals & their price. 📖 1.5k–3.5k ✍️ Poetry: Yes 💰 $20 fiction / $5 poem + copy 📅 Oct. 23 horrortree.com/taking-submi...
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Bruce H. McCosar @bmccosar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Got this book by @crookedspinepress.com yesterday and read it in one sitting last night. Highly recommended. Best three stories: "Route 66" by T. E. Aydelott "The Servant of Brass" by K.A. Hela @jundlife.bsky.social "The Lethe River Casino" by Tom Coombe @calmtomb.bsky.social
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Tom Coombe @calmtomb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’m very happy to have my story “The Lethe River Casino” included in this issue.
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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 04/09/2026
📢💀 Last Exit is out today and available in print and as an ebook! Issue Three includes twelve stories of American horror. Thank you to the writers who trusted us with their work and to everyone supporting the press. You can order a copy through the link in our bio.
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B. R. Fontenot is querying 📚☀️🌷🦊 @brfontenotwrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’M BEING PUBLISHED! ✨ I’m excited to announce that my post-apocalyptic desert motel horro story, “The Oasis,” will be featured in the next edition of Crooked Spine! LAST EXIT drops Sept 4 in both physical & ebook! Get your copy here! crookedspinepress.com/store?issue=6 #writersofbsky #horror
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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Reveal Day! My short story "The Servant of Brass" will be featured in the new Crooked Spine Issue: Last Exit. Excited to be pubbed with brookbwrites.bsky.social Stay Spooky crookedspinepress.com/store #Horror #CrookedSpine #HorrorTree #WritingCommunity #amwriting #Writesky #AuthorSky
Cover of Crooked Spine Magazine issue 3: Last Exit. Art featured four skeletons driving a red classic car with the license plate DEDEND through the American Southwestern desert on route 666 past an old gas station.
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 18/08/2026
🚗 What happens after you take the last exit? @crookedspinepress.com wants your answer in 500 words or fewer. 🗓️ Deadline: Aug. 28 💵 Free entry 🏆 Print copy of Last Exit + social feature Contest details: horrortree.com/contest-afte...
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Bruce H. McCosar @bmccosar.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New horror press Crooked Spine has Issue #2 out today, Wet Country. I do love themed issues! Already snagged my copy. @crookedspinepress.com crookedspinepress.com/store
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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 04/08/2026
From the muck and the mire, Wet Country rises. Issue Two is out now. A collection of short fiction and poetry about oceans, bogs, baptisms, and what comes crawling back after the rain. Print: $9.99 EPUB: $2.99 Shop now: crookedspinepress.com/store Thanks for supporting indie horror :)
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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 04/08/2026
From the muck and the mire, Wet Country rises. Issue Two is out now. A collection of short fiction and poetry about oceans, bogs, baptisms, and what comes crawling back after the rain. Print: $9.99 EPUB: $2.99 Shop now: crookedspinepress.com/store Thanks for supporting indie horror :)
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 21/07/2026
🚗 Last Exit is open! Crooked Spine Issue 3 wants American horror filled with lonely highways, roadside dread, and unsettling small-town nightmares. 📖 1,500–3,500 words 💰 $20 + contributor copy 📅 Closes Aug. 24 horrortree.com/taking-submi... From @crookedspinepress.com #AmWriting #Horror
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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 27/07/2026
🎃 Have a completed horror novella? Crooked Spine's Halloween Novella Competition is open! 💰 $300 prize + 50% royalties 📖 Up to 40,000 words 📅 Sept. 20 deadline horrortree.com/taking-submi... From @crookedspinepress.com #AmWriting #Horror
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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 16/07/2026
SUBS OPEN:Old castle walls and moaning ghosts don’t scare us anymore. We want the dread of the abandoned desert highway. Old gods losing it all at gas station slot machines. That old woman standing in the window beneath the flickering lights of an all-night diner. How long has she been watching you?
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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 08/07/2026
Something evil is coming. Barreling down a lonely highway at a breakneck pace. Issue 3 announcement and reading window coming soon
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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 03/07/2026
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Mike Trippiedi Swipe through for our interview with Mike Trippiedi, whose story "Gravedigger" is in Issue One. Read "Gravedigger" in Issue One — out now in paperback & on Kindle. link in bio. Find Mike → @miketrippiedi.bsky.social
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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 01/07/2026
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT K. Reed Swipe through for our interview with K. Reed, whose story "Rain" is in Issue One. Read "Rain" in Issue One — out now in paperback & on Kindle. link in bio. Find K. Reed → @katy_writes_books (Instagram) ★ Keep the lights flickering. ★
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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 02/07/2026
Issue two: Wet Country is now open for submissions. Link in bio. The theme for this issue is folk horror and water. Let’s keep the presses bleeding 🩸 crookedspinepress.com/submissions
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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 01/07/2026
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT K. Reed Swipe through for our interview with K. Reed, whose story "Rain" is in Issue One. Read "Rain" in Issue One — out now in paperback & on Kindle. link in bio. Find K. Reed → @katy_writes_books (Instagram) ★ Keep the lights flickering. ★
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Crooked Spine Press @crookedspinepress.com · 30/06/2026
The debut issue of Crooked Spine is out of the dark and into the world. Crooked Spine is the publication we always wished existed, and we aren’t chasing profit. Buying the book helps us pay the next round of contributors more and keep the press alive. Grab your copy now! a.co/d/0i71t9Hq
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